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Why, then, didn't Jesus's ossuary read, "Jesus, son of Yose"?
One inscription said "Jesus, son of Joseph", another said "Mara", a common form of Mary, and another said "Yose", a common form of Joseph.
Only the most common names in the area at the time. I also doubt one would say “Jesus”, the Latin form of Yeshua.
Just tell them to keep digging and let us know when they find Mohammed's remains.
blah, blah, blah...
Wouldn't they just give their eyeteeth and their children to debunk Jesus Christ.
Those bones didn't just 'diappear'. They are hidden in the Vatican!
As we move to the return of Jesus, we will hear more of this crap.
You can always tell when Easter is approaching, because some writer finds the body of Jesus again...
ROFLMOL...oh really? And whose DNA did they COMPARE this DNA to in order to arrive at a 10 Million to one certainty? This isn't even as rational as Gore science.
I'm not a believer, but I'm willing to bet there was a person named Jesus who had relatives and that all were buried somewhere.
As a lover of history and archeological digs that confirm written tales of the past, whether Greek, Latin, or Hebrew--or Sanskrit for that matter, I love to these types of finds.
I'd like to recommend a book I read recently called "The Jesus Dynasty" by a Biblical scholar and archeologist that pulls together a lot of the recorded history of Jesus in the various books of the Bible and has some pretty good theories on his birth, his brothers, several possible tombs and ossuaries and the operation of the Church after the crucifixion. For a non-believer to recommend it should tell you a lot.
Go to this url for some really interesting excerpts.
http://www.jesusdynasty.com/Exerpts-from-James-Tabors-Jesus-Dynasty.html
"The human remains inside were destroyed before any DNA testing could be carried out."
Sure.
THE PLOT THICKENS ...
The Middle East Blog, TIME
February 23, 2007 6:55
Jesus: Tales from the Crypt
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Brace yourself. James Cameron, the man who brought you 'The Titanic' is back with another blockbuster. This time, the ship he's sinking is Christianity.
In a new documentary, Producer Cameron and his director, Simcha Jacobovici, make the starting claim that Jesus wasn't resurrected --the cornerstone of Christian faith-- and that his burial cave was discovered near Jerusalem. And, get this, Jesus sired a son with Mary Magdelene.
No, it's not a re-make of "The Da Vinci Codes'. It's supposed to be true.
Let's go back 27 years, when Israeli construction workers were gouging out the foundations for a new building in the industrial park in the Talpiyot, a Jerusalem suburb. of Jerusalem. The earth gave way, revealing a 2,000 year old cave with 10 stone caskets. Archologists were summoned, and the stone caskets carted away for examination. It took 20 years for experts to decipher the names on the ten tombs. They were: Jesua, son of Joseph, Mary, Mary, Mathew, Jofa and Judah, son of Jesua.
Israel's prominent archeologist Professor Amos Kloner didn't associate the crypt with the New Testament Jesus. His father, after all, was a humble carpenter who couldn't afford a luxury crypt for his family. And all were common Jewish names.
There was also this little inconvenience that a few miles away, in the old city of Jerusalem, Christians for centuries had been worshipping the empty tomb of Christ at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Christ's resurrection, after all, is the main foundation of the faith, proof that a boy born to a carpenter's wife in a manger is the Son of God.
But film-makers Cameron and Jacobovici claim to have amassed evidence through DNA tests, archeological evidence and Biblical studies, that the 10 coffins belong to Jesus and his family.
Ever the showman, (Why does this remind me of the impresario in another movie,"King Kong", whose hubris blinds him to the dangers of an angry and very large ape?) Cameron is holding a New York press conference on Monday at which he will reveal three coffins, supposedly those of Jesus of Nazareth, his mother Mary and Mary Magdalene. News about the film, which will be shown soon on Discovery Channel, Britain's Channel 4, Canada's Vision, and Israel's Channel 8, has been a hot blog topic in the Middle East (check out a personal favorite: Israelity Bites) Here in the Holy Land, Biblical Archeology is a dangerous profession. This 90-minute documentary is bound to outrage Christians and stir up a titanic debate between believers and skeptics. Stay tuned.
--Tim McGirk/Jerusalem
http://time-blog.com/middle_east/
Via Drudge
If I ever find the individual who changed the term "disappeared" to "went missing", I will whip their hands with a ruler!!!
hmmm...how do they know what Jesus' family's DNA consisted of....has to be a guess and shame on them@!
I'd purely love to see them try to prove that. I mean, that they're the Jesus, Joseph and Mary. Good luck.
I believe that was the bones of Jesus,Jose,& Maria Perez, who slipped over the border.
Bump for later read.
Is it completely hypocritical of me to post a comment on a subject matter that I consider to be an absolute waste of bandwidth?
Show me the proof, Infidel!